Skinner Group
“Perspective: Crossing the Widom line in no man’s land: Experiments, simulations, and the location of the liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water,”
Nicholas J. Hestand and J. L. Skinner.
J. Chem. Phys.,
149,
140901,
2018

Nanocomposite adhesive films have been prepared via the oxidation of a thiol-endcapped semicrystalline oligomer with varying amounts of thiol-functionalized CNCs. Stronger substrate-bonding was achieved at temperatures where the disulfide bonds are dynamic. The 30 wt % nanocomposite adhesive was compared to some common commercially available adhesives and showed significantly stronger shear strengths when bonded to metal.

Molecular dynamics simulations of isolated poly[n]catenanes have been conducted, along with a Rouse mode analysis. At large length scales poly[n]catenanes do not relax much slower than isolated linear polymers and are less strongly impacted by increased segmental stiffness.

Awschalom Group
“Opportunities for Basic Research for Next-Generation Quantum Systems,”
David Awschalom and Hans Christen, Chairs, Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 2018.
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